Edmond Francis Prendergast

Edmond Francis Prendergast (3 May 1843-26 February 1918) was Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1911 to 1918, succeeding Patrick John Ryan and preceding Dennis Joseph Dougherty.

Biography
Edmond Francis Prendergast was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland on 3 May 1843, and he came to the United States in 1859. In 1865, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood by Bishop James Frederick Wood, and he became Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 1895. In 1911, he became Archbishop, and he was a master builder and real-estate genius. He died in 1918.